REDCap

Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM
Info: Join Senior Systems Analyst Julissa Acevedo and IRB Associate Director James Lynch for an elective session focused on the REDCap eConsent process.  This session will cover the elements of the informed consent process, requirements for electronic informed consent process, and the implementation process for electronic informed consent.  In addition, the session will help to familiarize attendees with REDCap setup and resources for electronic informed con­sent.

Speakers: Julissa Acevedo, Senior Systems Analyst/REDCap Administrator, The Center for Research Infor­matics at the University of Chicago and James Lynch, Associate Director of Education and Quality Assur­ance,University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division IRB

Zoom Information (REGISTRATION REQUIRED):
https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApf-GsqTMoGtUtnRQ_h938xEfIaBogYPEk

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Join the Center for Research Informatics Seminar Series for on online training session about REDCap, a self-managed, secure, web-based solution designed to support data collection strategies for research studies. CRI Senior Systems Analyst and REDCap expert Julissa Acevedo will help you build your basic REDCap skill set with helpful introductory topics. This seminar will cover:

• Project Setup – how to create, edit, customize, and test a project
• Using Surveys – settings, customizations, and links for surveys
• Applications & Tools – using applications and tools like reports, exports, data quality, mobile app, and more

No previous experience is required. You are welcome to follow along on your laptop/desktop by signing into REDCap (BSDAD or UCHAD), but it is not required.

This seminar will take place via Zoom. Participation is limited to University of Chicago staff, faculty, and students. Meeting information will be emailed to registrants before the session.

About the speaker: Julissa Acevedo, the CRI’s resident REDCap Administrator since 2012, is the point of contact for all REDCap inquiries at the University of Chicago. Julissa has personally guided many investigators with their study design and she takes pride in providing exceptional technical support. An active member of the REDCap Consortium, she attends REDCapCon annually to collaborate with other REDCap experts to further advance the use of REDCap at the University. Prior to joining the CRI, Julissa developed and supported various applications at Motorola, Bank of America, and the U.S. Census Bureau.

About the series: Since 2012, the Center for Research Informatics has offered free training sessions for the University of Chicago community in informatics research tools and techniques. Topics include REDCap, clinical data, bioinformatics analysis, data visualization, high performance computing, grant preparation, and more. Sign up for our email list on the right side of this page to hear about upcoming seminars.

Questions? Contact Janaya Lee at janayalee@bsd.uchicago.edu

*REGISTER HERE: https://redcap.link/CRISeminarSeries

January 6, 2023 – REDCap experienced an outage between 2PM-3PM CST. REDCap is once again available for use, and all issues have been resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact the UChicago REDCap Administrator with any questions. Thank you.

REDCap has been successfully upgraded to version LTS 11.1.7. Details of the newest features and improvements can be found here. In addition to many new features and improvements, some highlights include:

• Field Embedding
• Project Dashboards
• Smart Functions
• Smart Tables
• Smart Charts
• DAG Switcher
• Record Level Locking
• Project Life Cycles
• Special Functions
• Field Bank
• Edit Multiple Fields
• Logic Editor
• Text-to-Speech New Languages

Please contact REDCap Support with any questions.

Date and Time: Wednesday, January 27, 2020 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Description: This session will provide an overview of regulatory guidelines, requirements, and implementation processes for eIC. It will also provide an overview of the REDCap processes and functionality for eIC. This training is recommended for individuals who would like to get familiar with the Electronic Informed Consent (eIC) process.

Speakers:
James Lynch
BSD IRB, Associate Director of Education/Quality Assurance
Julissa Acevedo
BSD CRI, REDCap Administrator/Senior Systems Analyst

Offered by: Office of Clinical Research and Center for Research Informatics

Registration: https://bsdocr.bsd.uchicago.edu/fac-staff/education/registration-request/fundamentals.html
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Contact: Margaret Wieczorek
mwieczor@bsd.uchicago.edu
773-834-2860

Information on Use of Electronic Informed Consent: Use of Electronic signatures and Electronic Consent has been approved by the BSD Office of Clinical Research. The following guidance documents are available:

• Office of Clinical Research Guidance on e-Consent
• REDCap Guidance on e-Consent

Please contact the CRI REDCap Administrator Julissa Acevedo for further assistance.

REDCap has been successfully upgraded to version 9.5.6. Listed below are the newest features. Click here to learn more about these new features and many other improvements.

• Alerts & Notifications – The Alerts & Notifications feature allows you to construct alerts and send customized email notifications. These notifications may be sent to one or more recipients and can be triggered or scheduled when a form/survey is saved and/or based on conditional logic whenever data is saved or imported.
• Rich Text Editor – Users may optionally utilize the rich text editor for styling field labels or section headers with many text-formatting options; available for any field on an instrument, survey invitations, and survey confirmation emails.
• Missing Data Codes – Fields that have a blank/missing value may be marked with a custom ‘Missing Data Code’ to note why the value is blank. These missing codes may be used to aid in data analysis by specifying why a field lacks a value.
• File Version History for File Upload Fields – This feature allows a new file to be uploaded onto a File Upload field that already has a file uploaded for it. If a file has already been uploaded, the field will have a new link “Upload new version”, and after being clicked, it will allow the user to upload another file without having to delete the existing one.
• New Action Tag @HIDDEN-PDF – Hides the field only in the downloaded PDF of one or more instruments (including blank PDFs, PDFs with data, and compact PDFs with data).
• New API Method “Import Repeating Instruments and Events” – Allows users to import a list of the repeated instruments and repeating events for a project as a means of setting which instruments and events should be repeatable.

Please contact REDCap Support with any questions.

System: REDCap https://redcap.uchicago.edu

Date/Time: Wednesday, February 5^th, 2020, 5PM-7PM

Who Is Affected: All UChicago REDCap users, including non-UChicago external collaborators, mobile app users, API users, survey participants

Impact: REDCap will be unavailable during this time in order to upgrade to a new version of the software.

• Survey emails will be halted until the upgrade is complete.
• Survey links will be inaccessible and will display a REDCap is offline message when clicked on.
• Mobile app users are STRONGLY encouraged to sync any data on their devices back to their REDCap project BEFORE the upgrade begins. Although not encouraged, offline data collection may continue in the app during the upgrade, however the online sync process will not be available until the upgrade is complete.

At approximately 7PM (or sooner), another email will be sent confirming the upgrade completion, and details of the newest features and functionality.

Questions? Please email REDCap Support.